A Weather Subject Sampler

Visit these websites, then answer the questions below:

1. Discovery Online Hyper Hurricanes http://www.discovery.com/stories/science/hurricanes/hurricanes.html

2. National Geographic's Lightning the Shocking Story http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lightning/index.html

3. Clouds and Precipitation  http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/home.rxml

4. Weather World http://www.ems.psu.edu/WeatherWorld/

5. Yahoo Weather  http://weather.yahoo.com/

6. The Weather Channel http://weather.com/twc/homepage.twc

7. AWS Automated Weather Source  http://www.aws.com/index.html

8. Weather Underground  http://www.wunderground.com/

9.   Far Out Fact Why Does the Wind Blow?  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/world/amfacts/amaz6.html

10. Making a Weather Station http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/weatherstation.html

Answer these questions:

1. What does a barometer measure? 

2. How does knowing the air pressure help meteorologists?

3. What does a thermometer measure?

4. What does a hygrometer measure?

5. What is a wind gauge?

6. Using the Beaufort Wind Speed Scales found at:

   http://www.tceplus.com/interact_weather.htm

   tell how many miles per hour is the wind blowing if large branches sway and it is hard to hold an umbrella?

7. What is a weather vane?

8. How does the windchill factor affect the temperature?

9. If

   • the barometer is rising or steady,

   • the wind blows from the north or west, 

   • there are cumulus clouds,

   • and the wind shifts clockwise

   what kind of weather is coming?

10. If

    • the barometer is falling,

    • the north wind shifts to the east,

    • the sky is dark to the west,

    • there is a ring around the moon,

    • there are clusters of high, wispy cirrus clouds,

    • and the dawn is bright and red

    what kind of weather is coming?

Online Activities                                         Top of Page

1. Easy Weather Quiz http://www.ems.psu.edu/WeatherWorld/Easy/quiz.cgi

2. Hurricane: Storm Science http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/

3. Lightning Quiz (National Geographic) http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lightning/quiz.html

Stories                                                          Top of Page

1. The Princess and the Pea  http://www.candlelightstories.com/Pea.htm

WebQuests                                                  Top of Page

1. Weather Watchers  http://www.itdc.sbcss.k12.ca.us/curriculum/weather.html
   A study of weather in 8 locations around the world

Lesson Plans                                               Top of Page

1. The Interactive Encyclopedia:  The Weather Project http://www.tceplus.com/interact_weather.htm

2. Teacher.Net Lesson Exchange:  Home-Made Clouds  http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/14.html

3. Elementary Level English Language Arts:  Grade Two Sample Unit Two (Weather)  http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/ela/g2_l2.html

4. Weather  http://www.eduplace.com/search/frames/rdg_19.html

5. Weather Watch  http://170.142.130.39/FMPro?-db=UOPs&UOPID=39&-op=eq&-format=tli/uops_display.html&-lay=Detailed&-find

6. Discovering Weather  http://170.142.130.39/FMPro?-db=UOPs&UOPID=200&-op=eq&-format=tli/uops_display.html&-lay=Detailed&-find

7. Whether the Weather  http://170.142.130.39/FMPro?-db=UOPs&UOPID=330&-op=eq&-format=tli/uops_display.html&-lay=Detailed&-find

8. Weather Wonders  http://170.142.130.39/FMPro?-db=UOPs&UOPID=1243&-op=eq&-format=tli/uops_display.html&-lay=Detailed&-find